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The History of English: An Introduction 2nd Edition by Stephan Gramley

Edition 2ISBN: 978-1138501096
book The History of English: An Introduction 2nd Edition by Stephan Gramley cover

The History of English: An Introduction 2nd Edition by Stephan Gramley

Edition 2ISBN: 978-1138501096
Exercise 10
Social attitudes and interpersonal relations could once be signaled by the choice of the second person pronoun (thou vs. you), as is the case in many non-English languages. How does English signal these relations without the help of pronoun choice? Look at modes of address in English to explore this. A useful starting point in Gramley and Pätzold 2004, Chapter 8.
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